outstanding
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The King presented gifts to 77 men and 77 women from the UK in recognition of outstanding Christian service and for helping people in their communities.
From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026
Hastings now has direct or indirect ownership of 21,163,516 Netflix common shares, or about 0.5% of the shares outstanding.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 2026
It limited redemption requests for its fund Blue Owl Credit Income Corp., known as OCIC, at 5% of shares outstanding.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
The difference in price targets between the two is worth about $1.8 trillion in market value, based on 4.5 billion fully diluted shares outstanding.
From Barron's • Mar. 31, 2026
The outstanding examples in recent years are the transplantations of hearts, kidneys, livers, and other organs, and the equally spectacular inventions of artificial organs.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
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